Volunteers Are Needed

It’s a warm afternoon in a village in India. A school bus is stopping. 【小题1】 They’re happy and excited (兴奋的).

For many children in the village, the bus is their only hope for school. They have to work to help their families and don’t have schools to go to. 【小题2】

On the bus, there are pencils, pens, pictures, books and a TV. There is a teacher, too. The teacher teaches the children carefully(认真地). 【小题3】. A doctor sometimes comes with the bus to check (检查) the children’s health.

Right now, about 40 children are sitting on the bus. 【小题4】 Ten-year-old Devi is learning on the bus today. After she finishes working with her father, she comes to the bus to study. Devi wants to be a teacher one day.

The school on a bus is the idea of a man called T. L. Reddy. 【小题5】 “School is fun. It is for every child,” he says.

Here are some ideas for you on how to help others through volunteering.

【小题1】

When people get older, it becomes harder to do many things, from walking to the store to doing the housework. Old people living alone can also feel lonely. As a volunteer, you can do a lot to help the old in your neighborhood. You could visit them and help them with their housework.

【小题2】

Many people with disabilities need help. You could volunteer to read books to the blind or deliver (递送) something for people who can’t get around too well.

【小题3】

There are lots of volunteer jobs to do in hospitals and health care centers. As a volunteer, you can make beds, deliver flowers and gifts, help serve meals, and do lots of other important jobs.

【小题4】

Some families don’t have enough money to buy food and clothes for their kids. Some people don’t have places to live at all. To help these people as a volunteer, you can give clothes, food or money to, or raise money for, a charity (慈善机构).

【小题5】

Sometimes people need more help when the holidays come. Holidays are happy, but for people who are alone or unlucky, they can be a lonely, hard time. As a volunteer, you can deliver holiday dinners to less lucky people, visit the lonely old people and serve food to the homeless.